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Hassan Fathi Architectural Award: Application Deadline Extended to 20 November 2014

The organizing committee of the 2014 Hassan Fathi Award has decided to extend the deadline for applying for the award until Thursday 20 November 2014 at 4:00 pm. This is to allow the greatest possible number of applicants to submit their projects to the award committee this year. The result of ...

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Call for Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture 2012

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex-Med) announces the call for Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture 2012 under the theme “New Comprehensive Developments and Cityscapes” recognizing the importance of these projects in urban development. The BA is also reopening the call for the ...

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The Launch of the El-Gazayerli Encyclopedia for the Street Names of Alexandria

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) launches the El-Gazayerli Encyclopedia for Street Names of Alexandria, on Thursday, 14 June 2012. Compiled over a period of 30 years and completed in 1967, the Encyclopedia comprises information about the names of Alexandria’s streets, ...

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Voices from Cosmopolitan Alexandria

Alexandria— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina celebrates on 9 November the book launch of Voices from Cosmopolitan Alexandria: an oral narrative of cosmopolitan Alexandria. Prepared by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina"s Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex-Med), the book is funded by the ...

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The First Arab Book Fair in Alexandria

Alexandria- the BA will participate in the First Arab Book Fair to be held in Qaitbay Citadel, Alexandria from 23 August until 1st September 2006. The book fair will comprise 92 pavilions, in which 80 publishers from more than 12 Arab States will participate. The Arab states participating in the ...

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